Table of Contents
Introduction
Data Sources
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- Acronyms and abbreviations
Background and Definitions
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- History
- Definitions
The Silk Road Today
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- Major cities along the Silk Road
Initiatives
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- UNESCO’s Roads of Dialogue
- TRACECA: Transport Corridor – Europe – Caucasus – Asia
- WTO Silk Road Project
Visa Facilitation Along the Silk Road
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- Public/private sector partnership
- Multi-lateral agreement
- Technological change
UNDP Silk Road Regional Programme
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- Silk Road inventory
- Tourism strategies
- ‘Silk Road City’ award
- Multiple visa entry
Great Silk Road Tour Operators’ Group
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- Figure 1: Member details of the Great Silk Road Tour Operators’ Group
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Destinations
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- International arrivals and receipts
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- Figure 2: International tourist arrivals to Silk Road country destinations
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- Figure 3: International tourist receipts in Silk Road country destinations
- Uzbekistan
- Key Silk Road cities and towns
- Silk Road cultural and heritage attractions
- Recent development of Silk Road tourism
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- Figure 4: International arrivals and tourism accommodation in Uzbekistan, 2001-03
- Future development of Silk Road tourism
- Kazakhstan
- Key Silk Road cities and towns
- Silk Road cultural and heritage attractions
- Recent development of Silk Road tourism
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- Figure 5: International arrivals and tourism accommodation in Kazakhstan, 2001-03
- Future development of Silk Road tourism
- Kyrgyzstan
- Key Silk Road cities and towns
- Silk Road cultural and heritage attractions
- Recent development of Silk Road tourism
- Future development of Silk Road tourism
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- Figure 6: International arrivals and tourism accommodation in Kyrgyzstan, 2001-02
- Tajikistan
- Key Silk Road cities and towns
- Silk Road cultural and heritage attractions
- Future development of Silk Road tourism
- Turkmenistan
- Key Silk Road cities and towns
- Silk Road cultural and heritage attractions
- Recent development of Silk Road tourism
- Future development of Silk Road tourism
- Azerbaijan
- Key Silk Road cities and towns
- Silk Road cultural and heritage attractions
- Recent development of Silk Road tourism
- Future development of Silk Road tourism
- Georgia
- Key Silk Road cities and towns
- Silk Road cultural and heritage attractions
- Recent development of Silk Road tourism
- Future development of Silk Road tourism
- Armenia
- Silk Road cultural and heritage attractions
- Recent development of Silk Road tourism
- Future development of Silk Road tourism
- Turkey
- Key Silk Road cities and towns
- Silk Road cultural and heritage attractions
- Recent development of Silk Road tourism
- Future development of Silk Road tourism
- Iran
- Key Silk Road cities and towns
- Silk Road cultural and heritage attractions
- Future development of Silk Road tourism
- China
- Key Silk Road cities and towns
- Silk Road cultural and heritage attractions
- Recent development of Silk Road tourism
- Future development of Silk Road tourism
Market Characteristics
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- Cultural tourism
- Ecotourism
- Sustainable tourism
- Generating markets
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- Figure 7: Percentage of international tourism arrivals to Silk Road countries by origin in 2003
- Japanese market
- Visa issue
- The seniors market
- Information access
- Interpretation
- North American market
- Motivation to travel
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- Figure 8: Motivations for North Americans to travel the Silk Road
- Planning
- Accommodation
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- Figure 9: Accommodation used by Silk Road tour operators
- Use of local operators
- Marketing channels
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- Figure 10: Importance of marketing channels to reach Silk Road travellers
UK Silk Road Tour Operator Case Study: Dragoman Overland
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- Figure 11: Dragoman Silk Road example itinerary 1
- Figure 12: Dragoman Silk Road example itinerary 2
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UK Silk Road Tour Operator Case Study: Wild Frontiers
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- Figure 13: Wild Frontiers Silk Road example itinerary
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Outlook
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